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A04880 Summary:

BILL NOA04880A

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SAME ASSAME AS S09748

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SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas

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COSPNSRLevenberg, Tapia, Shimsky, Romero, Carroll P, Simon, Reyes, Bronson, Steck

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §24, amd §§109, 110 & 70, add Art 7 Title 5 §§118 - 120, Dom Rel L; rpld §417, add Art 5-D §§582 - 587,
amd §§516-a & 413, Fam Ct Act; amd §4135-b, Pub Health L

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Establishes confirmatory adoptions providing for the adoption of children born as a result of assisted reproduction; allows for more than two persons to be named parents of a child; establishes presumed parentage and provides for the challenge and adjudication thereof; repeals certain provisions relating thereto.

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BILL NOA04880A

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02/06/2025referred to judiciary

05/28/2025amend and recommit to judiciary

05/28/2025print number 4880a

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4880--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, LEVENBERG, TAPIA, SHIMSKY, ROME-
 RO, P. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, the family court act and the
 public health law, in relation to establishing confirmatory adoptions
 and allowing courts to grant multi-parent adoption petitions; and to
 repeal certain provisions of the domestic relations law and the family
 court act relating thereto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 109 of the domestic relations law is amended by
 2 adding five new subdivisions 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 to read as follows:
 3 8. "Assisted reproduction" shall have the same meaning as in section
 4 581-102 of the family court act.
 5 9. "Donor" shall have the same meaning as in section 581-102 of the
 6 family court act.
 7 10. "Marriage" shall have the same meaning as in section five hundred
 8 eighty-two of the family court act.
 9 11. "Parent" shall have the same meaning as in section 581-102 of the
 10 family court act.
 11 12. "Presumed parent" shall have the same meaning as in section five
 12 hundred eighty-two of the family court act.
 13 § 2. Section 110 of the domestic relations law, as amended by chapter
 14 254 of the laws of 1991, the opening paragraph as amended by chapter 509
 15 of the laws of 2010, the seventh undesignated paragraph as added by
 16 chapter 522 of the laws of 1999 and the closing paragraph as added by
 17 chapter 258 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
 18 § 110. Who may adopt; effect of article. An adult unmarried person,
 19 an adult married couple together, or any [two] unmarried [adult intimate
 20 partners] adults who intend to parent together may adopt another person.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08775-04-5

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 1 An adult married person who is living separate and apart from [his or
 2 her] their spouse pursuant to a decree or judgment of separation or
 3 pursuant to a written agreement of separation subscribed by the parties
 4 thereto and acknowledged or proved in the form required to entitle a
 5 deed to be recorded or an adult married person who has been living sepa-
 6 rate and apart from [his or her] their spouse for at least three years
 7 prior to commencing an adoption proceeding may adopt another person;
 8 provided, however, that the person so adopted shall not be deemed the
 9 child or step-child of the non-adopting spouse for the purposes of
 10 inheritance or support rights or obligations or for any other purposes.
 11 An adult or minor married couple together may adopt a child of either of
 12 them [born in or out of wedlock] and an adult or minor spouse may adopt
 13 such a child of the other spouse. No person shall hereafter be adopted
 14 except in pursuance of this article,